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The building envelope for Howie Forest Product's £15 million Kenmuir Sawmill in south west Scotland was manufactured and supplied by Cumbrian-based Steadmans. Installed by steelwork and cladding contractor T A Kirkpatrick, the Plastisol colour coated materials comprise 10,000m2 of roofing, cladding, and vented cladding sheets together with a range of matching flashings. The sawmill has been designed without using gutters. Instead, rainwater runs off the roof , round the curved eaves and down into a special pebble-covered soakway system to an underground drainage system before being filtered through on-site reed beds. Supplied in AS35/1000 profile, the materials include over 6,000 sq meters of factory-made LPCB Approved PIR core insulated panels.